Food-receptacle.



JOSEPH WRIGHT, 0F GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. ti, Al SVM.

Application tiled vSeptember 27, 1911. Serial No. 651.477.

T) alt 1071 om 'it may concern Be it known that I, J'osnrn lmet-rr, citi-- zen ot' the United States, residing at Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have inven-ted certain new and useful Improvements in Food- Recwptacles; and I do hereby declare the following tolbe a full. clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

.and to characters of reference marked theieon, which form` a part of this specification.

tacles for table use;.and the invention refers,

more particularly, to that class of receptacles adapted` to contain butter, or similar food products.

rihe present invention has for its principal object 'to provide a food receptacle adapted to keep its contents cool and firm by means of a surrounding body ot ice, or other cooling element, the same being so arranged that the ice cannot ,come in direct, Contact with the food, whereby the latter becomes watersoaked, or contaminated,by-any unsanitary element which -may be contained in the ice or Water melted therefrom.

Other objects of the present invention, not at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detailed description ot my present invention.

lVi'th the various objects of my present invention in View, the same consists in the .novel construction ot' food receptacle hereinafter set forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the novel arrangements and combinations of the various parts, as well as in the details of the construction thereof, all of Which will he hereinafter more fully described, and then finally embodied in the claim which isappended to and which forms. an essential part of this specitlcation.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, 1n which Figure l is a top or plan View of one form of the novel construction of food receptacle for table use, embodying the principles of my present invention; Fig. 2 is lal vertical longitudinal section of the same taken on line 2-2 in saidv Fig. l.

, The present invention relates, generally,A to imprmel'nents'in portable food recepwool, or the like..

Similar characters of reference are employed in both ol the above described views to indicate corresponding parts. l

Referring now to said drawings the reference-cluiraeter 1 indicates the complete food receptacle for table use made according to 4and embodying the principles of my lpresent invention. This food receptacle 1 comprises a plateor dish 2, provided with a suitably extending rim-flange 3, the lat-ter being of snltiment size to provide a kniferest. The said plate or dish 2 is further pro-V vided, if desired, with a handle-portion 1i, connected, preferably, with said rim-titrage, and said handle-portant may be made in such various shapes and designs as may he found desirable.

ranged annular flange 5, at the bottom portion thereot, whlch in connection with a Said plate or dish 2 is' preferably provided with a suitably arbottom-wall G, providesI a hollow` body which Imay be filled with some desirable material 7 which is a poor heat conductor, so as to serve as an insulator to prevent the radiation of heat, to the interior of the plate or dish. Such a material would be, asbestos, mineral- Said plate or dish is further provided with an annular seat 8. the same lying;r between said yrim-flange 3 and an upwardly extending annular flange t). Arranged'within the inner space bounded by said annular liangc 9, so as to be supported by said dish. is a. food supporting plate 10, the .same being made of glass, porcelain, or other suitable material, providing equal sanitary advantages.

Adapted to b. arranged with said plate or dish 2 is ay cover menihcr. the marginal edges of which are adapted to he seated upon said seat 8, to properly support said cover-ineinber in its relation to said plate or dish. Said cover member comprises an outer shell 11 and an inner shell 1Q, the latter being; in the form of a lhood providing a chanlbcred space 13 adapted' to register above the food contained upon said plate or dish. Said outer shell lll and said inner shell 12 are so combined together as to providetan inner chamber 14- arranged above and around said chambercd space 18 and separated therefrom by said inner shell 12. The walls of said outer shell ll may be provided with the double wall members l5 to provide an intervening' space for the reception of suitable heat insulating material 16, such as asbestos, mineral Wool, or the like. Suitably secured r ing lrod 17,

to said inner Shell 12 is an upwardly extendterminating at its upper end in a handle-member 18, by means of which said cover' member may be placed upon or removed from said plate or dish. lConnected with said rod 17 is a transversely extending rest 1.9, the same possessing chamfered sides 20. The said outer shell 11 is' provided with azi-opening in its upper portion in which said rest 19 registers. Pivotally secured, by' means' of hinge-members 21, to Athe marginal edges'of said opening in the upper portion of said outer shell 1l, are a pair of door-members 22, the free endsl of which are chamfered, as at 23, and which engage said chamfered sides 2O of said rest 19 when said door-members are closed` thereby closing saidl inner chamber 14. The said door-members 22 are provided with suitable knob-poropened economized.

tions 24, for manipulating the same. Said door-members are preferably formed ofhollow shells. providing a space tor the reception of suitable heat insulating material 25, of the nature above described. It will be obvious that the door-members 22 when give access to the interior of said inner chamber 14, and provide a means of illin said inner chamber with ice, or other suta le'cooling agent. The ice and the Water therefrom, as contained in said inner chamber 14, surround the chamber-ed space 13 in which vtheV food supported by said plate or dish is' inclosed when said cover-member is arranged upon said plate or dish, but the same is prevented from having any physical contact with thefood, hence, the food, while' benefiting from the coolingor re't'rigerating etfectsjot' the ice, is not water soaked or otherwise contaminated. "lhe outer shell and door members being thoroughly insulated, as described, the heat is excluded, and the quantity of ice necessary to produce the proper refrigeration is consequently The cover-member is easily manipulated to remove the same from the plate or Adish to give access to the food, and the same is so constructed thatthe ice, or water therefrom, cannot spill upon the table,

and soil the same when the'coverdnember is moved. As a food receptacle for the table, ,the device above described will readily commend `itself,and its adaptabilityand advantages as a butter-dish, or the like, will be readily appreciated. i,

I am aware that changes may be made in the gene-ral arrangements and combinations of the devices and parts, as Well asin the details of the construction vot the same as described in the accompanying speci 'cation, without departing from the scope of my present invention as defined in the claim which is appended to the said specification. Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact' arrangements and combinations of the devices and parts as set forth in the foregoing speciication, nor do I confine myself` to the exact details of the construction or the said parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

I claim :---V

In a device of the character described, a food-receptacle comprising a hollow'bodyportion, a heat-insulating medium contained in said hollow body-portion, a channeled flange forming a seat connected with the upper marginal edges of said hollow body-portion, a cover-member comprising an inner and outer shell arranged together to provide an open chambered space in vthe lower end of said cover-member and an inclosed space within said shells, 'wall members arranged within said outer shell to provide interveni ing spaces between said wall members and said outer shell, a heat-insulating medium contained in said spaces, said outershell having an. opening in its upper end giving access to said inclosed space within said shells, and hollow door-portions pivoted to said outer shell so as to close said opening, and a` heat-insulating medium contained in said hollow door-portions.

In testimony, that l'. claim thc invention set forth above l have hereunto set my handI -this twenty-third day of September, 1911.A

JOSEPH WRGHT.

litnessesz SALoMn B. CoRLn, JOHN A. BARRY. 

